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"The first meeting of
the Parish Council for the Parish of Seamer, in the Rural District of
Scarborough, was held in the Board School, Seamer, this thirteenth day
of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, at seven
o'clock in the evening.
All the Members were
present, viz Herbert Greenlay, George James Jackson, Thomas Pearson,
John Rhodes and William Stockdale.
Each Councillor signed the
Statutory Declaration accepting Office, and then the Meeting proceeded
to the election of a temporary Chairman of the Meeting.
Mr. Greenlay, proposed by Mr.
Rhodes and seconded by Mr. Jackson, was unanimously voted to the Chair.
The Council then proceeded
to elect the Chairman of the Parish Council for the ensuing year, and
this office was, on the motion of Mr. Stockdale, seconded by Mr.
Pearson, unanimously conferred on Mr. Greenlay.
The
following resolutions were then passed:
(1) That Mr.
Wm. Hebden be asked to accept the office of Treasurer to the Parish
Council.
(2) That Mr.
J. H. Oates be, and is hereby appointed, Clerk to the Parish Council, at
a salary of £1 to the end of March 1895, the subsequent salary to be
determined at the April Meeting of the Council.
(3) That a
Precept for £8 to meet expenses until the 25th March 1895, be made on
the Overseers.
(4) That a
Minute Book, Guide to the Local Government Act (1894), and necessary
stationery be purchased by the Clerk.
(5) That
Monthly Meetings be held on the first Monday in each month, at 7 o'clock
P.M.
(6) That a
Report of this Meeting be sent to the local press.
The Meeting terminated
with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
The above
Minutes were accepted as correct -
Signed H. Greenlay
Chairman
Jan 7th 1895"
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